Mouse-trap.



A. B. HAUGEN.

MOUSE TRAP.

APPLICATION IILED APR.15, 1912v Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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mouse-TRAP;

- Spec1ficat1on or Letters Patent. Pate hted-Eb. Application-111cc! 4 3m is, rate. Serial in. 090,751.

To all whom; it may concern;

. Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. HAUGEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Calvin, in the county-of Cavalier, 'Stateof North Dakota,haveinvented certain new and useful. Improvements in a Mouse-Trap and I do 'herebydeclare the following'to be a full,' cl'ear, and exact. description of,

the. invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

ed from strands of non-ductilewire thus rendering the same comparatively simple and inexpensive to 'manufacture, reliable and efficient in use and readil operated. With the above and. other 0 jectsinview, this inventionresides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements. of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and llluswhich Figure "1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved trap i similar view showing the'same set,

Referring to the accompanying drawing by similar characters of reference, the numeral S-deSignatesgeneraHy my improved trap which consists of amain body or frame 6 constructed preferably from a continuous strand; of non ductile wire bent to produce equal length opposite side members 7 and 8 connectedat one end of the frameby an integral end member '9, and at the opposite .end of the 'said-frame'by an opposite end '140 member 1O whichuis formed integral with the side member 7 and-bent at its terminal and intermediate its ends to produce eyes 11 and -12 through. the latter of which is extended the adjacent end of the slde member 8 which is" then bent b'agk upon itself .as at 13 a suitable distance at which point it is offset to. produce an inwardly extending finger '14.

t The side members 7 and 8 are formed with" frame 6. fromasinglestrand pf non-ductile wire,bentto produce oppositeside members 18aud 19.conncctedat the free ends of the trated in. the accompanying drawings, in'

sprung, and Fig. 2 is a jaw by an integral end' -member"19'; The

side member 18-of the jaw 16 has formed thereon aniinwardl'y extending eadgmember a which will be hereinafter termed as -shaft an 2 0,-the said shaft running parallel to theead member 19' and-7' being extended thro ii the eye 21 formed upon the inner end of e side 'member 19. It will be thus seenthat the'jaw 1-6 is hingedly-secured tothe intermediate portions of the frame 6 in such manner thatthe end member 19', when the trap ,issprung will coiipera'te with the end member 9 of the frame, and that tlieside members 18 and 19 will coti ate with the side members 7 and.8, in whichpositio'n the aw v16 is yieldingly forced by the spring which surrounds the shaft 20 between'the eyes 15'and has one end bent toengage the finger 14, and its opposite end bent to enthe side member'18.

' connecting bar, 23 is attached"at its terminals 'to the side members 7 and"8 and isbent intermediate its endsjto produce an eye '24 I which 'is connected to an eye 25 formed intermediate the ends of the bell .crank lever 26' which has the terminals of its-arm bent to produce loops or eyes 27 and 28 ,the former of which receives a lockin rod 29,w hich is pivoted at itsbpposite en to the eye--11 as shownv'at-30. It 'will thus be seen that'the bell crank, lever 26 acts as a treadle or'trip member.v 4

In setting the trap the'ja'w 16 is forced backwardly a'gainst the tension of the spring22 until the end 19' thereof engages th'eside members 7 and 8 adjacent the end member 10. The locking lever is then placed over the end memberg-IQ and the free end thereof is insertedthiough the loop or. eye 27. Bait is applied to theloop-or, eye 28 and obviously y W on an animal endeavors to reach the same, the lower arm of th e' 'bell cranklever 2.6 will be swung downwardly forcing the upper arm thereof outwardly causing the loo 27 tobe disengaged from the adjacent en of the locking lever 29 thus causing the movable jaw 16 to be swung by j the tension of the spring 22 to engage the stationary jaw 17 thusholding any portion' of the animal which is disposed hetweenthese said jaws against removal. V The trap herein described is especially; adapted for catching small-animals such as 110 mice, rats, or the like, but itis to be understood that the same can bcmade on a larger scale or in any size which will adapt the trap for larger animals, andit should also be mentioned that various minor changes in the details of construct-ion can be resort-ed to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from or sacrificm an of the. advantages of the invention.

ron the foregoing disclosures taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be manifest-that a trap of the nature described is providedwhich will fulfil all at the necessary requirements of such a de- V106,,

Having thus fully described this invention what I claim as new and desire to protect carried by said shaft for cooperation with one end of the frame, a locking lever pi-votedvto one end of the frame for engagement with the. jaw and treadle, and a spring surrounding the'shaft and engaging one side of the jaw and, the finger.

2. A trap such as described, comprising wia'frame formed from a strand of wire bent to produce opposite side and'end members, said side members being formed with registering eyes, one of said end members being bent to produce an intermediate and a terminal eye, one of the side members being extended through the terminal eye and being bent backwardly upon itself and ofi'set to produce an inwardly extending finger,

the opposite end member and adjacent portions of the side members constituting a statlonary aw, a bar connecting the opposite sides of the. stationary jaw, a bell crank le' ver pivoted to the bar and formed with ter minal loops, said bell crank lever producing a treadle, a locking lever secured to the intermediate eye of the end member for engagement, with the loop at one end of the treadle, a shaft journaled in the eyes of the side members, a movable jaw carried by the shaft .for cooperation with the stationary jaw, and asprin surrounding the shaft and engaging one e of-the movable jaw and .the finger.

IILtGStImODY WhGIGOL I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. i

' j ARTHUR B. HAUGEN.

Witnesses:

ELIAS PORTER, PETER Tnonnsor. 

